Stove-lid lifter.



G. G. BURK.

STOVE LID LIFTER.

APPLICATION PILBD 1113.21, 1913.

1,068,979. Patented July 29,1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29,1913.

Application filed February 2l, 1913. Serial No. 749,940.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l. @HARLEY G. Bunn, a citizen of the nited States. residing at Spencer. in the county of McCook and State of South laltota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Stove-Lid llifters; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and eXact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the saine.

This invention comprehends improvements in stove lid lifters and has for its primary object the provision of a lifter having a hollow handle to receive water. whereby the handle will not become overheated.

Another and morewspecitlc object of the invention is to provide a stove lid lifter having` an integrally formed hollow handle7 an apertured cap threaded into the outer end of said handle to partly close the same, and a safety plug inserted through the cap.

lt is a well ltnown fact that the ordinary stove lid lifter when left connected to the stove lid soon becomes very heated and therefore causes man v burned hands. lily invention aims to provide a novelly constructed lifter handle which may be kept reasonably cool so as to eliminate such accidents.

vxffith these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description protects.l the invention consists in cer- `ain novel features of construction. combination. and arrangement of parts, as will be )inafter described and claimed.

l`cr a complete understanding of my invention. reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings. in which.

Figure l a sine elevation of a stove lid lifter constructed in accordance with my invention, and. F Q is a side view partly in elevatic and p Lly in section.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals. l designates the shanlt oit the lifter which is enlarged at one end. as indicated at for engagement w th stove lid and which has formed integrally with its other end. a hollow trust yconical handle 3.

rl`he handle 3 is internally threaded adjacent its free end to receive an apertured cap et, which is formed with the turning lugs or projections 5. n inwardly projecting flange 6 surrounds the opening through the cap and is engaged by a plug T which is adapted to be projected througn said cap.

The plug 7 is formed with a longitudinal bore S which is of a reduced diameter adjacent its inner end. as indicated at 9. The inner end of the enlarged portion of the bore forms a valve seat for the ball valve l() and said valve is held normally upon its side by means of the expansion spring ll. 'T his spring is secured at its outer end to a pin l2, which extends through the bore S and is secured at its ends to the plug.

The handle 3 may be lilled with water after the plug 7. or both the plug and cap, have been removed from the end thereof. The water will prevent the handle from becoming over-heated, unless, as it sometimes happens, the lifter should be left lying upon the stove. Should this happen the steam which is generated may escape through the plug' and therefore there is no danger of the handle bursting.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying orawings, it will be seen that l have provided a very simply constructed stove lid lifter, which may be cast. in one piece and which is provided w`th a hollow handle that is closed by a cap and safety plug.

lt is to be understood that while I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to this exact construction. combination7 and arrangement of part A but may malte such changes as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A stove lid lifter comprising a shank, a hollow handle formed integrally with said shank7 the handle being adapted to receive water. an apertured cap threaded into one end of the handle, and a safety plug adapted to be inserted in the opening through said cap.

2. A stove lid lifter comprising a hollow valve, and spring means for holding said handle open at one end, said handle being valve normally seated. 10 adapted to contain water, an apertured cap In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature threaded within the open end of said handle, in presence of two Witnesses. l f a plug'inserted through the apertured cap, @HARLEY G. BURK. said plug being formed with a longitudinal bore reduced in diameter at its inner end, whereby a valve seat is provided, aV ball Vtnesses:

v ROY BROCKMANN,

B. W. COUNTRYMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner` of Patents,

Washington,k I), C. 

